LeakBase’s earlier predecessor, Raidforums, which was seized in 2022, once hosted leaked data from users of crypto wallet firm Ledger. An international law enforcement operation involving the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Europol and other agencies has taken down one of the internet’s most notorious cybercrime forums, LeakBase.  The forum was a place for hackers...Continue Reading

Tether led a $50 million investment round in Eight Sleep, partnering to integrate AI health tech through its QVAC architecture. Stablecoin firm Tether has led a $50 million strategic investment round in sleep technology startup Eight Sleep, to help the company integrate artificial intelligence agents into its sleep tech products.     The latest funding round was...Continue Reading

Bitwise has tasked Bitcoin Brink, OpenSats, and the Human Rights Foundation with deciding where to allocate its second annual donation to support Bitcoin. Crypto asset manager Bitwise has now donated a total of $383,000 to support developers who maintain and secure the Bitcoin network since 2024, with its latest $233,000 contribution announced on Wednesday.  Its...Continue Reading

The crypto venture giant has launched a fifth fund with plans to close by mid-2026, according to sources. Crypto venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz is doubling down on crypto despite a major market downturn, seeking $2 billion for a new crypto fund. A16z Crypto, the blockchain arm of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, is raising...Continue Reading

Several crypto companies have secured OCC conditional approval for a banking charter since the GENIUS Act was passed in July, including Circle, Ripple, Bridge and Stripe. Blockchain infrastructure firm Zerohash has announced it has applied for a US national trust bank charter — a move that could strengthen the company’s position as a crypto payment...Continue Reading

US President Donald Trump says AI data centers “need some PR help,” promising that tech giants will pay for their own power to run the energy-intensive projects. US technology giants have signed a White House pledge to cover the power costs of their artificial intelligence data centers, which the Trump administration says will prevent consumers...Continue Reading

Tycoon 2FA accounted for 62% of phishing attempts Microsoft blocked by mid last year, including over 30 million emails in a single month. A coalition of tech companies and law enforcement, including Coinbase, has dismantled the core infrastructure of Tycoon 2FA, a major phishing-as-a-service platform that offered tools to bypass multi-factor authentication. Europol announced Wednesday...Continue Reading

Screenshots shared by movie star William Shatner offered some hints into how Elon Musk’s X Money would work. Elon Musk’s new payment app X Money has rolled out limited external beta testing this week, with early screenshots showing that users would be entitled to cashbacks and yield on deposits. One of the beta testers included...Continue Reading